Some people want New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to run for the White House. For a simple reason: He has the guts to tell it like it is.

He sees a problem many politicians see. Unlike them he has the courage to face it. Further, he has the courage to speak the truth to people who don’t want to hear it.

New Jersey is going broke. It cannot afford to pay the benefits that are due public service workers and pensioners. It cannot afford to pay all the healthcare premiums it promised to pay for teachers and cops and firemen and state workers. It cannot afford to raise taxes on everybody else in order to meet these commitments. People have been leaving the state in droves as it is.

Here is the refreshing thing about Christie: He is willing to stand before policemen and teachers and tell them this. When they complain he suggests they complain to the pols who cut the deals to pay these benefits many years ago. Those guys set the fuses. Now the fuses have burned down and set the building on fire. Christie says if they blame him they blame the wrong people.